Sale 5327
London
|
23 May 2012
Price realised
GBP 8,125
Estimate
A LATE REGENCY ROSEWOOD X-FRAME STOOL BY ISAAC MILLER, EARLY 19TH CENTURY The padded rectangular seat covered in green bouclé on X-frame supports joined by a turned baluster stretcher, stamped 'I MILLER', the drop-in seat frame later 18½ in. (47 cm.) high; 33½ in. (85 cm.) wide; 17½ in. (44 cm.) deep
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Isaac Miller, cabinet-maker, of Canterbury, Kent, is listed circa 1830 in G.Beard and C.Gilbert (eds.), Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660 - 1840, Leeds, 1986, p. 608.
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